Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-08-24

ton this week, on visit to his parents
School books and schoolgsupplles al
the 2. y. Book Store, Medicine Lodge
Kansas. 1872
The best beef!toibe had in town is a
the Central meat market, opposite Isl
National bank.
School Register of the latest and
most approved style, at thei Postoflce
Book Store, Medicine Lodge. 1872
On the 18th, there was born to Geo.
T. Rayne and wife, of this city, boy.
their second. DR.. Burney in attend
ance.
The old reliable Medicine Lodge
hotel is now conducted by n. w.
Young. A good meal can be obtained
there any day. 1872
o. p. Poole came in from Lamar, Sat
urday, after his wife and household
effects. lie has embarked in the real
estate business out there.
j. Nef McClearey has taken a posi-
ton in the Office of the register of
deeds, and SweIpredict that he will
make a competent deputy.
The Tribune says that Hazelton is to
have $4,000 canning factory. This
Is the same one, no doubt, that was
built there two years ago, Ton paper.
DIR. Dunn wishes to state to his old
patrons, and the public generally, that
he is permanently located in Medicine
Lodge, and will attend to all calls
promptly. 1914
The City Drug Store, L. F. Pearson,
proprietor, has several new brands of
new cigars, five centers, that get clear
away with any 10 cent cigar in town.
Try them. s
There is no particular outside show
about the old and popular Medicine
Lodge hotel, but it gets there on a
square meal, every time. Bill Young
is bossing the ranch now. Is
The best fields of corn that we MOTTO
ed last Sunday, in ride of 25 miles
around Medicine Lodge, were those of
the Chaplin Bros, and S. K. w. Field.
northeast and north of this city. Their
fields will undoubtedly make 90 bushels
TO the acre.
Remember that Purdy's big stock sale
will occur here next Saturday, 9th
inst. lie has a valuable lot of horses
and cattle for sale and there will be
bargains for somebody. Read the adj
vertisement in this issue and don't for
get the particulars.
The cattle market was firm on heavy
grades Monday while poor stuff was
weak. Shipping steers ranged from
S3.I5 to $3.50; butcher steers 1925 to
$3.50; feeders $40 to S2.S5; COWS S2.O5
to 1875. Hogs closed weak, average
being $3.50 for light, S. for medium
and S5.l5 for heavy.
Clark County Clipper: "Mr. II. C.
Barroll, of the First National bank of
Medicine Lodge, arrived Tuesday to
take the position of bookkeeper in the
First National of this place. He is a
pleasant, sociable young man and will
be heartily welcomed in our business
and social circles"
a slight unpIeasantness, a GOODNESS,
as it were, exists between the former
partners in law firm OF this city. The
town is thoroughly posted on the events
of the last few days and need not have
the story retold, and as this is a home
affair, outsiders should not expect to
have our little differences dished up for
their ediliCStiOn.
TIE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Is MA
KING FARM LOANS ON BETTER TERMS
FOR TIE BORROWER THAN CAN BE OF
FERED ELSEWHERE. ALL INTEREST
Is PAYABLE AT THEIR OFFICE, THUS
SAVING EXPENSE OF RENTING THE
MONEY. CONSULT YOUR OWN INTEREST
BY CALLING ON THEM BEFORE CON
FOR A LOAN ON YOUR FARM.
1t may have been noticed in the un-
ion labor convention last Saturday that
the old and original independents,
greenbackers and kickers could not be
induced to accept the nomination for
any Office. Jerry Simpson had had
enough; JEFF. Common could not be in
duced to accept; Mr. Garrison posi-
lively declined; Glover NJ. Martin
wanted the other boys to try it; S.
Palmer would not even listen to a sug-
gestion to run him for county commits
sioner; l.. w. Story was too busy to be
a candidate; Uncle Billy Morris be-
lieved in "old men for counsel" The
truth is, the old fellows were too smart
to fight in a hopeless cause.
A jury, in Justice McCanless' court.
on Monday wIestled with a suit be-
tween two neighbors, NJ. J. O'Neill, a
blind man, and Fred. Dudley, who re-
sides southeast of here 10 miles. Dud-
ley's fence Tapped over on O'Neill's field
IN which was planted acres of corn
and ] acre of broom corn. Dudley re-
moved the fence and left O'Neill's crop
outside. O'Neill sued Dudley for $50
damages, but the jury could not see it
that way and rendered verdict for de-
PENDANT. O'Neill is poor and blind and
1t was a hardship to have the fence
taken from around the crop, though he
did not own the fence.
Ifland claimants who expect to make
proof, would be careful to see that the
notices sent to Larned are made out
correctly, they would save a great deal
of trouble hereafter. Within the past
week we have been asked to make cor
rections in three notices: one had the
wrong section; another had the wrong
township and in another the land was
improperly described. All of these
errors were made by one man in this
city, who made out the papers, and he